Alaginella parvisinus
| Alaginella parvisinus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Genus: | Alaginella |
| Species: | †A. parvisinus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Alaginella parvisinus (P. A. Maxwell, 1992) | |
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Alaginella parvisinus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in South Canterbury, New Zealand.
References
- ^ Alaginella parvisinus (P. A. Maxwell, 1992) 18 July 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Maxwell, P.A. (1992). "Eocene Mollusca from the vicinity of McCulloch's Bridge, Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand: paleoecology and systematics". New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin. 65: 1–280.
- Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomi. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. pp. 232–254.